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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






2. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






3. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






4. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






5. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






6. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






7. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






8. Pale green






9. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






10. The amount of light reflected by a hue






11. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






12. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






13. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






14. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






15. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






16. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






17. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






18. Something that supports a sculpture






19. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






20. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






21. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






22. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






23. Where the revolving door was fully developed






24. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






25. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






26. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






27. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






28. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






29. Creates blue dye






30. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






31. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






32. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






33. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






34. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






35. Renowned for paintings and prints






36. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






37. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






38. Technique of shading using dots to control value






39. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






40. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






41. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






42. Known for his glass sculpture






43. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






44. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






45. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






46. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






47. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






48. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






49. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






50. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics